Maryland - Appalachian Trail

(Includes Greenbrier State Park, MD Heights,

and, When Maryland's Part of the Hike Is Longer, Harpers Ferry and Loundoun Heights)

 

Maps:

• Software - Topo! Mid-Atlantic.

• PATC Map 5-6.

• Civil War Campaigns Across the Potomac, Traihead Graphics, Inc. #111.

• Greenbrier State Park map from MD DNR.

• Harpers Ferry.  Official Map and Guide.   MD, VA, DC.  NPS, USDI.

Books:

• 50 Hikes in Maryland – Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Plateau to the Atlantic Ocean, Leonard M. Adkins, 2000.  New edition is probably available.

• A Walker’s Guide to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, 5th ed., David T. Gilbert.

Note: Appalachian Trail is always blazed White!

 

Hike 1.  AT: Rt. 34 - Michaux Road

 

Club: Wanderbirds; my scouting

Date: 07/28/2002, 12/05/2004

Parking: good in both places

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20020728.tpo; AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20041205.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20020728_tpo.gpx; AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20041205_tpo.gpx

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20041205.gtm

Photo Album: AT_RT70_WevertonCliffs_GPS20041205

Notes: First trip is South-to-North, second is the opposite direction

 

 

Hike 2.  AT: Weverton Cliffs - Ed Garvey Shelter

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 03/01/2003

Parking: All good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_EdGarveyShelter_GPS20030301.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_WevertonCliffs_EdGarveyShelter_GPS20030301_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_WevertonCliffs_EdGarveyShelter_GPS20030301.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_EdGarveyShelter_GPS20030301.gtm

Notes: Out-and-back

 

 

Hike 3.  AT: Weverton Cliffs -MD Heights

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 06/15/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDHts_GPS20030615.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDHts_GPS20030615_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDHts_GPS20030615.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDHts_GPS20030615.gtm

 

 

Hike 4.  AT: Weverton Cliffs - Maryland And Loundoun Heights - Harpers Ferry

 

Club: My scouting

Date: 11/27/2003; 11/06/2004

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031127.tpo; AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20041106.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031127_tpo.gpx; AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20041106_tpo.gpx

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20041106.gtm

Photo Album: AT_WevertonCliffs_MDAndLoundounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20041106

Notes: One of the most spectacular hikes in the Greater DC Area

 

 

Hike 5.  AT: Maryland And Loundoun Heights - Harpers Ferry

 

Club: My scouting and then leading for the MWROP

Date: 11/29/2003; 02/05/2005

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031129.tpo; .AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20050205.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031129_tpo.gpx; AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20050205_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031129.doc; AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20050205.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20031129.gtm; AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20050205.gtm

Photo Album: AT_MDAndLoudounHts_HarpersFerry_GPS20050205

Notes: One is the opposite directions of the other

 

 

Hike 6.  AT: Ed Garvey Shelter - Maryland Heights

 

Club: My leading for MWROP

Date: 12/06/2003

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_EdGarveyShelter_MDHts_GPS20031206.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_EdGarveyShelter_MDHts_GPS20031206_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_EdGarveyShelter_MDHts_GPS20031206.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_EdGarveyShelter_MDHts_GPS20031206.gtm

Notes: Spectacular views in the winter

 

 

Hike 7.  AT: Greenbrier State Park - AT to Route 17

 

Club: My scouting, then leading

Date: 10/23/2004; 01/29/2005

Parking: good in the beginning, crowded at the end

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20041023.tpo; AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20050129.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20041023_tpo.gpx; AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20050129_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20050129.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20041023.gtm; AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20050129.gtm

Photo Album: AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20041023; AT_GreenbrierSP_RT17_GPS20050129

 

 

Hike 8.  AT: RT. 16 in Pennsylvania - Wolfsville Road in Maryland

 

Club: Me scouting

Date: 01/15/2005

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: AT_RT16PA_WolfsvilleRdMD_GPS20050115.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: AT_RT16PA_WolfsvilleRdMD_GPS20050115_tpo.gpx

Description File: AT_RT16PA_WolfsvilleRdMD_GPS20050115.doc

Photo Album: AT_RT16PA_WolfsvilleRdMD_GPS20050115